Shenandoah Valley Food, Farm and Community

To explore and initiate a Buy Fresh, Buy Local chapter, or similar local food branding effort, in the Shenandoah Valley; to maintain a database of local food contacts to include farmers, chefs, institutions, restaurants, grocers, farmers’ markets, distributors, and chefs and a website presence about local foods in the Shenandoah Valley which would build on and augment the RC&D’s Local Flavor Guide; to initiate a Shenandoah Valley Food, Farm and Community work group or coalition to continue to promote a stronger, more diverse, and self-reliant community food system; and organize and sponsor a Shenandoah Valley Local Food and Community Forum in cooperation with the RC&D Council, James Madison University, and other interested community partners that would focus on the importance of local foods, nutritional health, community planning, and the specifics of institutional buying and local sourcing.

Shenandoah RC&D display about local foods projects sponsored by RC&D

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Eight Reasons to Eat Local Foods